"Religion is a paramount contributor to human misery. It is not merely the opium of the masses, it is the cyanide." -- Tom Robbins
"As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with all sorts of tyranny, poverty and painful treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes." -- Tom Robbins